The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger by Ejiofor Dorcas

168 The weight of choices…

Miriam

The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky, casting long shadows across the festival ground. Laughter echoed from nearby stalls as staff and servants continued to move about, making finishing touches to every arrangement.

Beneath it all, Jeremy’s words echoed in my head, causing my blood to boil.

“What did you just say?” I asked.

“I said,” he repeated icily, “Tell your daughter to stay away from my son. This has gone on long enough and I won’t take it anymore.”

I spun on my heels, my eyes blazing with anger. “Stay away? Are you serious, Jeremy? After everything, do you still want to play this game? Grow up, already. It’s been years. They love each other. Why can’t you just let them be?”

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A bitter laugh escaped his throat. “Why must it always be me who sacrifices, Miriam?” His eyes darkened with old pain as he shot back. “Haven’t I given enough? I sacrificed everything for you. My son rotted in the dungeon for four years–four years to prove his love for Lyla! And how does she repay him?”

“That’s enough!” I shouted, my voice matching my fury. My chest heaved as I glared at him, my hands trembling. “Lyla didn’t ask for any of this! She never wanted your sacrifices, your son’s grand gestures, or his twisted sense of duty. All she ever wanted was a normal life!”

Jeremy stepped closer, his massive frame towering over me. The hatred in his eyes made my wolf want to recoil, but I stood my ground. “I was ready to give up everything for

you, Miriam,” his voice dropped to a dangerous whisper. “Everything. I was ready to accept all your baggage, all you mistake. I forgave you more times than I have ever forgiven anyone, but you chose him

over me”

I flinched, my heart pounding in my chest. I knew where this was going, but I couldn’t stop it.”

met you first. I loved you first…” his lips curled into a snarl. “And you had to do that to me? You betrayed me, Miriam. You threw me away as if I meant nothing. I wanted to

mate…”

throat tightened as I struggled to hold my

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gaze never leaving mine. “Don’t try to justify it. I loved how karma served you so

air as tears streamed down my face. My breath hitched as I stared at him, my mind racing with emotions I

right,” I said finally. “You have no right to bring up the past like this, to dredge up old wounds and use them as weapons. I made my choices; Jeremy and I took responsibility for them and I’ve lived with the consequences since then. But don’t you dare blame

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stepped back, his jaw clenching tightly. “She’s not innocent in this,

my eyes. “You don’t understand. You’ve never understood. This isn’t about us, Jeremy. This is about our

you’re protecting her, but you’re only delaying the inevitable. Secrets have a way of surfacing Miriam. And when they do, she’ll hate you

is! Fine, you met me first, but you were never intentional with me. We met not once, Jeremy, but several times. You always hesitated, then you went on all those stupid trips and left me alone…and by the time

to wait for me… it was just one fucking trip, Miriam. You think I didn’t see women who loved me too? I wanted to be fucked as much as you did? Is it because I respected you… I respected your virtue as a Sigma and fucking waited and then you had a child

just a girl locked away in a temple for years. I didn’t know anything. Years after we reconnected, and I found out Logan was your Alpha. I came

him again, Mirima,” he thundered, his voice echoing with rage, making the birds scatter from nearby trees. “You were still sleeping with him! You cheated on me repeatedly and you stand here trying to justify

a fleeting moment, raw pain replaced

years that had passed between us, I was ready to accept you again because my feelings never changed. Do you even know the things you made me do for that love…” he stopped, drawing a shaky breath. “Things I never did for my mate when she was

were rolling down my cheeks in a torrent, my heart breaking all over again as I looked at him through blurry eyes. “I loved him, Jeremy,” I

face inches from mine, his breath hot against my ear as he whispered, hatred

did you lead me on? Why did you make me believe I had

my mate, Micim. I was heartbroken…” his voice cracked. “Would it have hurt

for me even a little?”

speak,

heart, Miriam, and I can’t forgive you

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